AirPNP lets you rent your bathroom to drunken strangers

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Even if you don’t have a spare room to rent out, there’s another way you can profit from your dwelling. Just sign up for AirPNP and let drunken nightclub patrons you don’t know stumble in and pay to use your toilet.

The company is making a media push now because it’s Mardi Gras, which is logical enough. The New Orleans streets will be teeming with people that have been drinking all day and night, and some might still be lucid enough to realize that taking a leak in the street can get you in trouble. Yes, even during Mardi Gras.

Nineteen restroom renters have signed on to provide service so far, which doesn’t seem like quite enough to make a real impact in the battle against public urination. Nevertheless, it’s good to have options and they’re probably a bit cleaner than the ones you’d find in gas stations, bars, or restaurants — so that’s a bonus.

How much does it cost? Some of the New Orleans sites are free, including porta potty installations set up by churches (donations most likely welcome). Swankier digs like the Pontchartrain Hotel will run you up to $10 per day for all-you-can-wee access.

Your options are much better elsewhere in the world. In Antwerp, for example, there are more than 70 privately-run toilets where you can literally spend a penny.

Does anyone in their right mind really want to do this? Someone must think so, because AirPNP isn’t the first app of its kind. Cloo has been finding its users with paid access to nearby places where they can relieve themselves for a couple years. For businesses and nonprofits it might generate a little extra income. For private citizens, man, it just seems like an accident waiting to happen — and the kind of accident that no one wants to clean up.

Anyone else wondering how long it’ll be before the Airbnb legal department decides to send out a nasty letter to these guys?